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crime The Shame of Saint Ann’s How did a Brooklyn private school fall for an accused predator? By Caitlin Moscatello and James D. Walsh
first person I Was Diagnosed With Autism in My 40s. It Gave Me Answers. By 43, Mary HK Choi had come up with many explanations for her strangeness around other people. Was it something else all along? podcast By Mary H.K. Choi
books Four Friends, One Affair, and a Shelf of Books Dissecting It When writers cheat on each other, everything is fair game for publication. podcast By Chris Heath

Intelligencer

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Wall Street’s $2 Trillion AI Reckoning

The hyperbolic promises from Silicon Valley are starting to meet reality. By Kevin T. Dugan

what we know Will Donald Trump Debate Kamala Harris? Trump is now proposing a new September 4 debate under his own terms — hosted by Fox News and inside a “full arena.” By Chas Danner
poll position Harris vs. Trump Polls: Kamala’s Gains Are Now a Trend, Not Just a Bounce The polls are showing steady gains across the board for the new Democratic nominee, though it remains a very close race. By Ed Kilgore
early and often Republicans Will Regret Calling for Mass Deportations The required police-state conditions would come at considerable financial cost and might alarm Latino voters. By Ed Kilgore
dystopia now Google Pulls AI Olympics Commercial That Everyone Hated No one liked the search engine’s one weird trick to writing fan mail. By Matt Stieb

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How to Buy a President Donald Trump’s joke of a media company is also a $6 billion meme stock — and an unprecedented opportunity for corruption. By David Freedlander

early and often Who’ll Be Kamala Harris’s VP Pick? Odds for Every Candidate. Josh Shapiro? Mark Kelly? Pete Buttigieg? Here are the pros and cons of everyone on Harris’s running-mate shortlist. By Margaret Hartmann

this week in vance J.D. Vance Is Swallowing Any Pride He Might Have Had Trump says vice-presidents don’t matter. By Matt Stieb

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I’m 69. Does Double Cleansing Work?

are u coming? Detoxing From Getting L.A.-Pilled One martini at the Chateau and you start to think you’re Eve Babitz.
celebrity Justin Timberlake Arrested for Driving While Intoxicated He was pulled over by Sag Harbor police on June 19.
the internet The Meatfluencers Who’ve Sworn Off Veggies “Carnivore diets” have cured them of skin, gut, and energy issues. But is it actually healthy, or are their followers falling for the rage clickbait?

parenting Is Homeschooling Isolating Us Too Much? Relationships make up a lot of — sometimes most of — what happens in school. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
sex diaries The Woman Sneaking Out of Work to Have an Affair This week’s sex diary. By Alyssa Shelasky
nostalgia They Changed the Alphabet Song Your children will never know the simple pleasure of “LMNOP.” By Olivia Craighead

Vulture

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The Traitors Finally Broke the Emmys’ Reality Rut

Now, can we get an Outstanding Reality Cast Member category, please? By Joe Reid

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

animal Kesha Waved a Real Knife During Lollapalooza Set The prop knife went missing so the team improvised… without telling Kesha first. By Alejandra Gularte
vulture sports What’s Going On in Olympic Boxing? Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, a cisgender woman, is facing transphobia online from J.D. Vance, Donald Trump, and J.K. Rowling. By Jason P. Frank
now streaming The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Crimes, mostly. By Savannah Salazar
bucket wars The War of the Popcorn Buckets Is Just Getting Started The creators of the cursed Dune: Part Two bucket survey the movie-merch frenzy they (accidentally) started. By Alejandra Gularte

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Cinematrix Clarifications & Corrections, Vol. 2 Superheroes and Oscar villains (and that just covers Zack Snyder). By Joe Reid

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Kneecap on ‘Taking the Piss’ Out of the Troubles By Nate Jones

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The Strategist

packing and gear The 11 Very Best Men’s Dopp Kits Compact enough to squeeze in a carry-on and durable enough to withstand years of travel. By Katherine Gillespie
gifts The Best Gifts for Teenage Boys, According to Teenage Boys One constant: You can never go wrong with a new video game. By Arielle Avila
skin-care treatments The Best Anti-Aging Serums, According to Dermatologists Including drugstore picks and formulas for sensitive skin. By Arielle Avila
decor The 14 Very Best Sisal, Jute, Seagrass, and Abaca Rugs These natural-fiber rugs, many of which are customizable, will give any room a more organic look. By Lauren Ro
suncare The 16 Very Best Sunscreens The best all-purpose sunscreens to slather on at the beach or before a backyard barbecue — or to stash in your bag. By Tembe Denton-Hurst

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Curbed

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This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings

Greenpoint floor-throughs and waterfront views in Long Island City. By Nora DeLigter

biography of a building There Are Hidden Gardens and Then There’s Turtle Bay Gardens In the East 40s, 19 townhouses — where Stephen Sondheim, Robert Gottlieb, and Katharine Hepburn all once lived — surround a lush garden. By Adriane Quinlan
celebrity real estate Only Giuliani’s Real Estate Can Save Him Now Selling his Upper East Side co-op or Palm Beach condo may finally end his bankruptcy saga. By Clio Chang
designing for life Pottery Barn Made Some Remarkably Nice Furniture For Seniors A new Michael Graves design collaboration is unusually subtle about accessibility. By Natalia Torija

getting around Exactly What We Lost When We Lost Congestion Pricing What does that $15 billion slash — which will cost us an extra $3 billion on top of that — really mean for transit riders? By Nolan Hicks
look book The Look Book Goes to Gunnison Beach We spent a recent Saturday at the clothing-optional section of Sandy Hook Beach in New Jersey. By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell
public art watch A Sixteen-Foot-Tall Pigeon Comes to Nest on the High Line Please don’t feed Iván Argote’s monumental Dinosaur. By Carl Swanson

Grub Street

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Chef Aaron Crowder’s Grub Street Diet

“Camp cooking is always fun and sometimes kind of trashy, which I love.”

guides Where to Eat in August The best restaurants for right now. By Edward Hart
first taste First Taste: Din Tai Fung’s Dumplings Are Worth the Hype But everything else is a letdown. By Matthew Schneier
underground gourmet Chloe Is the Comeback Story of the Year — But Is It Any Good? The world has changed. Chloe Coscarelli’s vegan restaurant has not. By Tammie Teclemariam
interviews The End of ChikaLicious The East Village dessert bar’s singular run reaches the finish line. By Chris Crowley

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Where to Eat in August The best restaurants for right now. By Edward Hart

the grub street diet Somsack Sikhounmuong’s Grub Street Diet “No matter how busy it is in the office, we make it a point to eat together.” By Zach Schiffman

restaurant review Bungalow Proves a Celebrity Chef Can Still Draw a Crowd Vikas Khanna’s downtown restaurant expands the reach of the city’s traditionally Punjab-focused Indian cuisine by venturing across the subcontinent. By Matthew Schneier

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